Publications by authors named "J Acharya"
Introduction: The wellbeing of medical trainees has come into sharp focus in recent years, particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic. Workforce pressures are well documented, as is the need to retain staff. There are a number of initiatives to try and improve the wellbeing of staff, including the introduction of wellbeing and education dellows for stage 1 internal medicine trainees in some regions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAutomated analysis of lung ultrasound for pneumothorax detection is an emerging technology with potential applications across various clinical settings. This systematic review aims to evaluate the current evidence for the efficacy of automated analysis techniques in diagnosing pneumothorax using lung ultrasound images and videos. A literature search was conducted in the MEDLINE (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online), Embase (Excerpta Medica Database), Web of Science, and Scopus databases up to July 5, 2024.
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- COVID-19 patients are at a higher risk for fungal infections, prompting a study to identify fungal pathogens in both COVID positive and negative patients, as well as assess their antifungal resistance and biofilm formation abilities.
- The study found a 6.70% prevalence of fungal pathogens in COVID-positive cases and 22.77% in negative cases, with Candida albicans being the most common pathogen identified.
- Results indicated that most Candida species were susceptible to miconazole but resistant to ketoconazole, highlighting the need for increased awareness and antifungal susceptibility testing in clinical settings.
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- The One Health (OH) approach to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is gaining recognition, but there’s a lack of clear guidance on implementing effective surveillance across different sectors.
- In Nepal, the Tricycle Project utilized a multi-stage method to collect samples from humans, poultry, and wastewater to assess the prevalence of ESBL-producing bacteria.
- The study found the highest prevalence of ESBL-producing bacteria in wastewater (91%), followed by bloodstream infections in humans (49%), poultry (38.6%), and healthy pregnant women (15%), leading to important insights for improving waste disposal and AMR control strategies.
Rapid, field-deployable assays such as loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) are critical for detecting nursery and forest pathogens like and to prevent pathogen spread. We developed and validated four LAMP assays for genus-level detection of spp., species-level detection of and and lineage-level detection of the NA1 lineage.
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